John, For me truth is relative. The Ultimate (not Absolute) Truth can only be approached through the non-affirming negative, and why I so much like: not this, not that.
On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:20 AM, John Carl wrote: > "There is another important matter: the *question* of Truth is not the same > thing as truth. I am not entering into metaphysics here. The question is > not truth, because it is not the question that a person asks themselves > about their own life or experience. This sort of question (THEE question of > Truth) is just another intellectual game and a way of remaining outside > truth. After all, it does not matter if one can answer or not, nor does it > matter whether the answer is personal or is objectified as philosophy or > revelation. But when a person asks about their *own* life (consciously or > unconsciously), then the real *question* of truth has been asked. > > And when anyone claims to have resolved it, they are lying. This is more likely the reason I was uncomfortable with someone telling me I am right. > > When they try to answer this question within the framework of reality alone, > they have no answer to offer. The question which their life puts to them in > all its aspect and its expressions remans an open question. It is > continually being put to them, and this IS truth itself. An open question is truth? Marsha > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:57 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> it makes me giggle... >> >> >> On Apr 11, 2010, at 8:52 AM, X Acto wrote: >> >>> relativly speaking of course >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: MarshaV <[email protected]> >>> To: MoQ <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sun, April 11, 2010 3:27:20 AM >>> Subject: [MD] because >>> >>> >>> >>> "It is because emptiness reveals and expresses the relativity >>> of all phenomena that it becomes the key to understanding >>> non-duality. We can see how recognition of the relativity >>> -- and subsequent transcendence -- of opposites is tantamount >>> to the perception of non-duality, or non-differentiation." >>> >>> >>> >>> For those who shun relativism, it is interesting how every other >>> statement points to it. Academic styled language be damned. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
